The Similar Yet Different Nightmare Fuel In GoGoFive Mission 6 And Winspector Episode 17

GoGoFive's nightmare fuel is in no doubt among the best in Super Sentai. GoGoFive Mission 6 is really pure nightmare fuel one way or another. Since it's Halloween then it's time for a bit of a scare post. I thought about GoGoFive's sixth episode where a deadly mold known as Triple-X (which was meant for waste disposal) ends up as a deadly agent of destruction.

The episode focuses on Shou wanting to quit GoGoFive in order to fulfill his dream. He goes back to where he originally had his job but found out about the Triple-X substance. Denus plans to use the substance to increase the casualties in the human world. Once opened, it would spread like wildfire. Apparently, this mold is very much alive. It's almost like a reference to the Hollywood movie The Blob where an alien substance was causing disaster. Except Triple-X isn't an alien agent but some kind of deadly mold that was artificially created. Yet, there's the similarity in effect of a destructive goo of doom.

Winspector also had that in its 17th episode. Granted, Fiveman and Winspector both took place in the year 1990 so it's probably only normal 1999 was the year GoGoFive took place. Also, Winspector supposedly took place in 1999 and Solbrain in 2001 even when the scripts happened in 1990 and 1991 respectively. One episode involved an alien creature that multiplied due to the wanton destruction of nature. The alien creature starts making people go berserk. It's really a nightmare fuel once you consider it a combination of Village of the Damned and The Blob. No escape, you're surrounded by such disgusting creatures.

Watching Winspector's 17th episode after seeing GoGoFive's sixth brought a bit of flashback. Did Yasuko Kobayashi (who made her debut as a Toku episode writer in Janperson) get part of her idea from the late Noboru Sugimura? The Winspector episode dealt with the idea of destroying nature. GoGoFive also dealt with science going berserk to create such a dangerous weapon. Although both episodes have very different implementations - there's some surface similarity that you can notice one way or another, right?